US Patent Issued to University of South Florida, The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services on Sept. 8 for "Methods for treating cancer using x-ray-induced near infrared photoimmunotherapy" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,164, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.) and The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services (Bethesda, Md.).

"Methods for treating cancer using x-ray-induced near infrared photoimmunotherapy" was invented by Stephen Edward Saddow (Land O Lakes, Fla.), Peter L. Choyke (Rockville, Md.), Marco Vittorio Nardi (Levico Terme, Italy) and Giancarlo Salviati (Parma, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for the treatment of cancers, in particular deep-tissue cancers, using x-ray induced near-infrared photoimmunotherapy are described herein....